Main page/Skill guides/Ironman modes/Prayer

What is prayer?

Prayer is trained by either burying bones, or using them on altars, or training with the bonecrusher. Different bones give different amounts of experience. Prayers are unlocked as the level in the skill goes up, these prayers are used to aid the player in combat. The prayers can help boost attack, defence, strength, ranged, and magic. When prayers are activated, your prayer points will start to drain until the prayer is turned off or all prayer points are used. To restore these, either drink a potion that restores prayer, or pray at an altar.

All of the prayers are listed here.

The only prayers that you can't unlock with leveling up, are Rigour, Preserve and Augury. You can buy the scrolls at the blood money shop (Leagues Tutor) at Edgeville (home).

Getting bones

To get bones, you need to get them by killing NPC's. As an ironman you can't buy them from players or the high priest store.

NPC	Bone drop
Bones	A lot of NPC's, like skeletons, bandits and dust devils
Big bones	Dark beast, hill giants, ice giants
Dragon bones	All kind of dragons, like green dragons and rune dragons
Ourg bones	Slash bash
Fayrg bones	Black knight titan
Zogre bones	Mutant tarn
Superior dragon bones	Greater skeleton hellounds, Vorkath

How to train prayer?

Once you have the bones, training is pretty simple. There are three ways to train this skill:

• Take the bones you have and bury them in the ground;
• Use them on an altar;
• Bury them with the bonecrusher.

Bury

Burying bones is the fastest way, but it give less xp than when you offer the bones on an altar.

Altar

Home altar

You can find an altar north of Edgeville bank (just beside the Home teleport location) to use all types of bones on for around 3.5x more experience than when you bury them.

Ruby Members Zone altar

You can find an altar east of the Ruby Members Zone (::dz) to use all types of bones on for more than 4x experience than when you bury them.

Ectofuntus

Using your bones on Ectofuntus gives the best prayer xp. To get there, either buy an ectophial from the slayer shop for 50 slayer points, or use the teleport via the Ancient wizard.

To get there via the Ancient wizard, teleport to the Experiments, climb the ladder and run east beyond the farming patch until you reach the Ectofuntus.

Bonecrusher

If you kill a NPC that drops bones, the bonecrusher will drop that bones automatically. It gives around 3 times more xp than when you bury bones, but less than when you offer the bones on an altar.

You can buy the bonecrusher at Borat for 250 participation points. He stays in the bank at Edgeville (home).

You have to charge the bonecrusher with ecto-tokens. You can buy them at the general store. The bonecrusher is untradeable.

Prayer master

The prayer master (Brother Jered) can be found at the shops of Edgeville (use the command ::shops). He can give you your skilling cape for free when you reach level 99. In addition, he can give you skilling tasks to obtain prayer points or money (you will also get participation points when you finish your task). Finally, you can see his master's shop where you can spend your prayer points.

Experience table for all ironman modes

Bone type	Image	XP for burying	XP with altar (Home)	XP with gilded altar (Ruby Members Zone)	Ectofuntus
Bones		116	290	464	522
Big Bones		290	928	1392	1566
Babydragon Bones		406	1044	1682	1856
Dragon Bones		928	2668	4060	4582
Shaikahan Bones		1044	2958	4524	5104
Fayrg Bones		1102	3074	4698	5394
Raurg Bones		1276	3538	5394	6148
Ourg Bones		1450	4060	6206	7076
Hydra Bones		1624	4466	6786	7714
Wyvern Bones		1624	4466	6786	7714
Dagannoth Bones		1798	4988	7656	8642
Lava Dragon Bones		2030	5568	8526	9628
Zogre Bones		4988	13920	21170	24070
Superior Dragon Bones		5742	15950	24186	27550
Gilded Bones		13224	36598	55680	63278

Useful items and boosts

Item/Boost	Image	Effect	How to obtain?
Voting		Gives you 25% more prayer xp for 1 hour	When you redeem your vote, you will get a boost xp for 1 hour. See here how to vote
Prayer cape		Gives you 10% more prayer xp	Get it from the skillcape store or the prayer master
Prayer hood		Gives you 5% more prayer xp	Get it from the skillcape store or the prayer master

The skilling cape

If you reach level 99, you will get the skillcape and hood automatically. When you lost it, you can get it from the skillcape store for 27m or the (t) for 45m. Run to north west of Edgeville bank or use ::shops and run west to get there. The skillcape doesn't give more prayer xp. The prayer skill doesn't have a skilling master and also not skilling tasks.

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